Antioch High School football star Najee Harris has orally committed to the University of Alabama, his mother, Tianna Hicks, confirmed early Monday afternoon. Harris, a 6-foot-2, 209-pound running back, rushed for 2,263 yards, averaged 205.7 yards per game, and scored 23 touchdowns during his fantastic sophomore season in 2014. He broke the school record for…
Delta Veterans Group Raises Funds to Support “Stand Down on The Delta”
ASL Co-Founder Tom Menasco went to the 2015 MLB Spring Training in Arizona in March. He met up with Cincinnati Reds head pitching coach and ASL Hall of Fame 2010 Inductee Jeff Pico. Pico graduated from Antioch High School and was drafted directly afterwards by the Chicago Cubs in 1984. He played in the minors…
Kentucky Wildcats (37-0) wipe out West Virginia to move onto Elite Eight
Contra Costa Times – Two people were named Citizen of the Year, longtime resident Tom Menasco, accepting the title for lifetime achievement, and painting contractor Tom Hartrick for having the greatest impact on the city last year. Menasco was one of the founders of Antioch Sports Legends, a portion of Antioch Historical Society’s museum that…
Former 2012 Deer Valley High School’s Marcus Lee helps lead the Kentucky Wildcats (35-0) in its quest for the NCAA 2015 basketball championship. The 6’9″ Sophomore forward from Antioch played in all 35 games this season and shot 63% from the field and on defense added 27 blocks. In the second round Kentucky dominated The…
By Steve Dulas, Sports Legends staff writer ANTIOCH – More than three dozen youth coaches were able to partake of more than a century of experience Saturday during the 2015 Antioch Sports Legends Alumni Baseball Coaches Clinic. The staff, led by former major leaguers and Sports Legends Hall of Fame inductees Butch Rounsaville and Aaron…
Uploaded: Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 11:48 am Stanford men’s volleyball head coach John Kosty has announced the signing of three prep standouts to National Letters of Intent. Jordan Ewert (Antioch), Matt Klassen (Milwaukee, Wis.), and Ryan Smith (Clovis) will join the Cardinal in the fall of 2015. “We feel fortunate to sign these three outstanding…
By Phil Jensen POSTED: 11/19/2014 01:23:43 PM PST In the third quarter of last Friday’s 50-26 win over San Leandro High, it occurred to Antioch coach John Lucido that star sophomore running back Najee Harris might have broken the school record for rushing yards in a game. “I said ‘I think he’s over 300,’” Lucido…
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